Battle of Round Mountain

The 1922–23 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1922, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1923.

Season headlines

In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Kansas as its national champion for the 1922–23 season.^[1]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Army as its national champion for the 1922–23 season.^[2]

Conference membership changes

School	Former conference	New conference
Florida Gators	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
LSU Tigers	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Mississippi Rebels	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Sewanee Tigers	Non-major basketball program	Independent
South Carolina Gamecocks	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Tulane Green Wave	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference
Vanderbilt Commodores	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southern Conference

Regular season

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference	Regular season winner^[3]	Conference player of the year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (City)	Tournament winner
Big Ten Conference	Iowa & Wisconsin	None selected	No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Yale	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kansas	None selected	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Idaho (North); California (South)		No Tournament; Idaho defeated California in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Colorado College		No Tournament
Southern Conference	North Carolina	None selected	1923 Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament (see note)	Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia)	Mississippi A&M^[4]
Southwest Conference	Texas A&M	None selected	No Tournament

NOTE: The Southern Intercollegiate men's basketball tournament included teams from both the Southern Conference and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Although it was a regional rather than conference tournament whose champion claimed the mythical title of "Champions of the South," the Southern Conference considered it the "official" Southern Conference tournament for 1923.^[1]

Statistical leaders

Awards

Helms College Basketball All-Americans

The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1922–23 season.^[5]

Player	Team
Charlie Black	Kansas
Arthur Browning	Missouri
Herb Bunker	Missouri
Cartwright Carmichael	North Carolina
Paul Endacott	Kansas
Al Fox	Idaho
Ira McKee	Navy
Arthur Loeb	Princeton
James Lovley	Creighton
John Luther	Cornell

Major player of the year awards

Helms Player of the Year: Paul Endacott, Kansas (retroactive selection in 1944)

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team	Former Coach	Interim Coach	New Coach	Reason
Georgetown	Jackie Maloney		John O'Reilly	After a two-season absence due to poor health, O'Reilly was able to return to the head coaching position for the following season, and Maloney stepped aside.^[6]
NYU	Ed Thorp		Howard Cann

References

^ ^a ^b Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
^ The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2014.

[jps-1] Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.

[ESPN_526-2] ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[3] "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.

[4] 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09

[5] The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"

[6] "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches". Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2014.

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